In Heerenveen the Netherlands ended the European championship in speed skating. In the final form of the program – the men’s mass start race Russian Danila Semerikov took third place.
the Victory was won by the Belgian Bart Swings. In the second place, the Dutchman Arjan of Stroetinga. Danila Semerikov won a bronze medal. Another Russian athlete Ruslan Zakharov finished fifth. Women have the same discipline he won the Dutch Irene Schouten. The silver medal went to Italian Francesca Lollobrigida, bronze at another representative of the Netherlands Melissa Waffle.
In the team event the Russian team took the second place with 17 medals (five gold, six silver and six bronze). The first place team of the Netherlands (8-5-3), the third place took the team of Belgium (1-0-0).